"I'll show you the life of the mind …"

They have moved about in my office ever since. Going from corner to shelf to box to the floor, etc.

In other words, just occupying space. Yes, I’d like to keep my dad in my thoughts, and maybe when I’m older I’ll regret it. I just don’t want them, and if I hadn’t seen them that night at home in Virginia, my mom would have chucked them the next day.